From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Retired IDF general Noam Tibon says IDF operation in Gaza won’t bring hostages back alive
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Sunday morning’s speakers at the 24-hour rally to mark 100 days for the hostages include retired general Noam Tibon, who saved his son, Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon, his wife and two young children from their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7.
“Whoever talks about having to bring home the hostages has to add one more word — they have to be brought back alive. That’s a world of difference,” says Tibon. “After 100 days, we know that the IDF operations won’t succeed in bringing them home alive,” he says.
“We understand the pressure to carry out the operations that they say will bring a deal. I want to tell you something: We know who Hamas is. They’re murderers. A deal with Hamas is a deal with the devil, and that’s why that deal has to be made now.”
